Hours after images from his Kentucky arrest were made public, Scottie Scheffler walked into the clubhouse at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Ohio as the leader of the Memorial Tournament.
Scheffler eagled the 15th hole and birdied the final hole of the day in order to build himself a three-shot lead.
Golf’s world No. 1 is back on top of a PGA Tour leaderboard as Scheffler tries to earn his fifth win of the season.
In his past seven starts dating to March, he’s won four tournaments and tied for second twice.
Scheffler’s 4-under 68 was the second-best round of the day as Muirfield Village Golf Club played tougher in the second round than the first.
Scottie Scheffler took the lead at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio on Friday afternoon
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New photos have emerged of the minor injuries sustained by the Louisville Police Detective who arrested Scottie Scheffler at Valhalla last month
At 9-under 135 through two days, Scheffler has a healthy advantage over Norway’s Viktor Hovland (69 Friday) and Canada’s Adam Hadwin (72) back at 6 under.
South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout posted the round of the day early on Friday, a 5-under 67, to jump up the leaderboard. He is tied for fourth at 5 under with Keegan Bradley (69).
Scheffler started the day one shot off Hadwin’s pace and made three birdies on the front nine to climb to 8 under, alone in the lead.
A few poor shots at the par-5 11th led to a bogey, which he duplicated two holes later after a bad drive and an even worse approach.
But it was all smiles at the par-5 15th, where his second shot rolled up to about 9 feet from the pin to set him up for eagle.
Despite missing the fairway at the par-4 18th, Scheffler went from bunker to green and sank a 12-foot, right-to-left birdie putt.
Though the Memorial is a $20 million signature event, its status as a player-hosted invitational means that it retains a 36-hole cut to the top 50 players plus ties.
Jack Nicklaus’ event will not see the likes of Jordan Spieth (5 over), Wyndham Clark (5 over), Patrick Cantlay (7 over), Englishman Justin Rose (9 over) or Rickie Fowler (14 over, last place) on the weekend.
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Minor cuts can be seen on the Detective’s knee and wrist, while his $80 pants – as he claimed in his police citation – are also significantly torn (pictured)
This came just as new photos emerged of the minor injuries sustained by Louisville Police detective Bryan Gillis at Valhalla Golf Club last month.
Minor cuts can be seen on the Detective’s knee and wrist, while his $80 pants – as he claimed in his police citation – are also significantly torn.
Fans quickly took to social media to claim the injuries were not serious enough to warrant the drama which played out that morning at Valhalla, with one sarcastically writing: ‘Could you please provide a content warning when posting such graphic images?’
Another joked: ‘Damn, I hope he makes a full recovery…..’
A third put: ‘I’ve seen worse from my 10 year old falling off his bicycle’.
While a fourth asked about the torn pants: ‘That’s “destroyed beyond repair”?’